It gets worse. Confirmation from LastPass owner GoTo that hackers stole encrypted backups and encryption key for portion of them
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Tape Archiving Still Needed, Says PoINT Software
As data growth continues, but 70 percent of it is never used, efficient archiving systems still have a place, says PoINT Software
Nebulon Touts Rapid Ransomware Recovery Solution
Combined server and storage system from Nebulon is claimed to deliver a four minute ransomware recovery solution for businesses
How Good is Your Enterprise’s Contingency Planning?
The recent fire at the French cloud service provider OVHcloud, which resulted in many websites going offline, illustrates the vulnerability of physical data infrastructures. Businesses often focus their attention on protecting their datasets, but are the physical assets that this data also needs safe and secure?
Only A Third Have Full Confidence In Disaster Recovery Capabilities
Databarracks survey finds 8 percent of UK businesses are not all confident of their disaster recovery plans
Baltimore Struggles After Ransomware Attack
Ten thousand computers belonging to American city still crippled by devastating ransomware attack
Police Federation Confirms Ransomware Breach
Association of police officers in England and Wales confirms it is the latest to suffer ransomware attack
UK SMBs Struggle To Manage Customer Data, Seagate Warns
GDPR is watching. British firms unsure of basic data protection policies and many still use USB sticks as primary storage solution
Veeam Buys AWS Enterprise Continuity Start-Up For £31m
N2WS provides cloud-native enterprise backup and recovery systems for Amazon Web Services, which leads the cloud platform market
IFA 2017: SanDisk Unveils Biggest Ever 400GB MicroSD Card
Sorry iPhone. Android smartphones can now have an extra 400GB storage, with world’s highest-capacity microSD card
Barts Health Trust Cancels Operations Due To IT Failure
A 'major' computer failure beginning on 20 April has led to a number of systems being inaccessible to clinical staff
Microsoft Previews Azure VM Backup Pre-Checks
Azure will now evaluate cloud virtual machine backups for configuration problems that may cause them to fail
Apple iOS 10 Flaw Makes It Easier To Hack iPhone Backups
Researchers uncover “major security flaw” in Apple's iOS 10 backup protection for iTunes as iOS 10.0.2 fixes unrelated headphone issue
DRaaS Awakens: Disaster Recovery Lessons From Star Wars
Sharon Moses, director of marketing at Quorum believes R2D2 and DRaaS have more in common than you might think
Microsoft Speeds Up Azure Backup Cloud Services
Microsoft's Azure cloud backup service gets faster and more efficient with lower cache demands
Dell Upgrades AppAssure Backup Platform
Dell Software's AppAssure 5.4 simplifies the user experience and improves platform support
Microsoft Tackles Exchange Backup Niggles With Update
An update for Exchange Server 2013 delivers a number of fixes, including a backup restoration solution
Dell Combines NetVault Backup With DR4100
Dell Software has integrated NetVault Backup with the Dell DR4100 disk backup appliance
Acronis Joins Forces With LenovoEMC On Small Business Backup
Working with Acronis technology, LenovoEMC NAS systems can now provide automated data protection for smaller businesses
EMC Upgrades Data Protection And Data Domain Systems
EMC has upgraded its Data Domain systems, as well as its data protection suite and deduplication software
CA Partners ExaGrid For Midmarket Backup
CA Technologies and ExaGrid combine their backup/recovery software into one customised appliance
STORServer Targets SMBs With Cloud Backup
STORServer has begun offering a flexible cloud backup solution for small to medium sized businesses
Study: Virtualisation Reducing Effectiveness Of Backup Systems
Backup and recovery tools are becoming less effective as organisations' virtual infrastructure becomes more complex, according to an Veeam study
Seagate’s EVault Returns WIth Free 100GB Cloud Storage Offer
EVault offered a similar cloud backup deal in December, the success of which spurred the current offer
Bitcasa Touts ‘Infinite’ Online Storage
Cloud storage startup Bitcasa has launched and apparently offers "infinite" amounts of secure online storage
Phoenix Offers Cloud To Cloud Salesforce Backup
Info squirted from Salesforce's cloud to anotber one, just to be on the safe side
Sterling Adds SMB Cloud Backup Services
Sterling has launched three cloud backup services for small and medium-sized businesses, using streaming Delta IT and WebDAV for secure transfer
Fuel Buckets Keep New York Data Centre Live Through The Hurricane
Peer 1 remained online, thanks to a bucket brigade carrying fuel up 18 floors